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BOSTON, MASS., NOVEMBER, 1904

NO. 107.

J'ES’ TTJK A LOOK AHOUN’.

Thanksgiving
Day Morning
On the Farm

e F there'* wun thing more'n
t'other,

As some folks of'n say,

As makes a chap feel kinder good,

Et is Thanksgivin' day 1
Fer even ef he's had hard luck
An' things ha'n't bin jes' right
There's lots o' folks has had it, tu,
Frum mornin' until night,

An' w'en we kinder reckons up
Our pleasures with our pain
An' take the hull year thro' an' thro'
We surely can't complain}

We've had good health, enuff ter eat,
An' does enuff ter wear,

An' mostly there's a turkey fat
W'en Thanksgivin' draws near,

An' then, thank God, the rent is paid,
The hosses they've got hay,

The cattle ha’n't got no disease,
There's no old scores to pay ;

This mornin' my old gal an' me
Jes' tuk a look aroun',

The same as we've dun ev'ry year
'Fore snow lays on the groun'i
£ez I, “There's Mister Gobbler there

A'struttin' roun' so gay,

But mebbe he'll fergit ter strut
'Bout nex' Thanksgivin' day."
B’gosh it made me feel as proud
As any millionaire,

As Bess an' me walked roun' the farm
An* tuk the mornin' air ;

I knew her old heart jes' felt glad
Fer thinkin' ’bout our Jim
A'-comin* with his new made wife
Ter sing Thanksgivin' hymn.

An' so, alt ho' we ha'n't got rich,
We'll thank the Lord an' say,

Fer what we hev, Almighty God,

We give thee thanks this day.

-H. Wakefield Smith in Buffalo News.

!th^ dragon!

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By J. £. HALLER

+ Copyright, 1903, by J. E. Haller ^

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E LIJAH I*. JOPP was an Amer¬
ican from “way down" some¬
where, but exactly where
doesn’t matter. He was in the
show line and had got hold of a real
paying freak. This was nothing less
than a dragon—not a crocodile or an
alligator faked up with green paint
and gilding, but a genuine mediaeval,
fire breathing, princessivorous dragon,
with a voice that could be heard ten
miles off when it wasn’t muzzled and
an appetite like a smelting furnace.

Elijah P. Jopp had found a curious
looking egg one morning when he was
prospecting for gold in an unknown
part of the country. He would have
boon better pleased if he bad found a
nugget; but. if be had only known it,
that egg was going to prove worth fif¬
ty nuggets to him. When lie returned
home four months later iu a very bad
temper, owing to his not having found
the gold mine for which be had been
looking, he put the egg in an incuba¬
tor.

For all he knew, the egg might have
been lying where he found it for
months before he picked it up. As a
matter of fact, it had been lying there
for more than a thousand years. The
chances were against the incubator
making anything of the job of batch¬
ing; but, wliat with Elijah knowing
nothing about incubators, and the in¬
cubator knowing nothing about drag¬
ons’ eggs, the experiment was success¬
ful, and in due time the egg was
hatched.

Its first meal was off its fellow lodg¬
ers in the incubator. It then burned
its way through the inflammable part
of its foster mother and was free.
Elijah was at first inclined to adminis¬
ter capital punishment for these of¬
fenses and would have done sp if be

had known how to set to work. He
did make an attempt with a hatchet,
but the infant dragon blew its nose,
and Elijah retired with his trousers
singed and his legs scorched.

He judged it wiser not to come to
close quarters after that, but retired
into the house and brought his revolv¬
er. The first bullet flattened itself on
the dragon’s steely bide; the second
glanced off and found a billet in the
eye of Elijah’s cow. He then decided
to forgive the dragon, which bore no
offense and indeed liked its owner none
tlie worse, imagining that Elijah’s at¬
tempts on its life with hatchet and re¬
volver were intended simply as an
amusement for its unoccupied hours.

Soon it became tame and followed
him about like a dog. He did not let
it etit out of liis hand, for it would
probably have made a meal off that
member in more senses than one, and,
besides, it always cooked its food by
breathing on it before satisfying its
appetite, which caused Elijah to be¬
come proficient in throwing, as he
found it advisable to make a habit of
feeding bis pet at a range of about
fifty yards. It was fortunate tlmt the
dragon attached itself to Elijah, or
trouble might have ensued. It bad a
soft and engaging disposition, and aft¬
er a time be could do anything with it
and even punished it by means of a
crowbar when the infant mortality of
the village began to attract the atten¬
tion of the insurance offices. This was
in the dragon’s early days. By the
time Elijah bad got it sufficiently un¬
der control to join a traveling circus at
a large salary it had settled down into
quite a respectable member of society
and was content to accept whatever
sustenance was offered it instead of
helping itself.

Elijah toured with the circus in his
native country for some time and made
it nice little sum of money. Finally the
concern was broken up by the disap
pearance of the proprietor. There was
nothing to account for it. Business
had been good and domestic relations
all that could be desired. The theory
of suicide was scouted on all sides. Be¬
sides, where was the body? Elijah’s
dragon showed its grief at the untime¬
ly occurrence by refusing all food and
going to sleep for two days. Then the
proprietor’s watch and chain were
found in a corner of its cage, and spite¬
ful things were said and regrettable
accusations made against it. Elijah,
on behalf of the dragon, was very much
hurt and told the widow that unless
she withdrew her insinuations he
should go away and start a little circus
of his own. The widow refused to

withdraw, so Elijah did and made more
money as his own manager than he had
ever made in his life before.

About five years after the dragon
was hatched Elijah P. Jopp found him¬
self making an extended tour of the
continent of Europe and drawing

crowded houses everywhere. The drag¬
on was Elijah’s best friend now and
had been trained to do a lot of showy
tricks. Elijah would fill Ills pipe, and
the dragon would light it for him.
Elijah would then take a piece of iron,
hold it in the dragon’s breath until it
became redhot and hammer it into a
horseshoe, using the dragon's back as
an anvil. A live sheep was brought on
the stage. There was a strong smell,
such as fills small houses at dinner
time, and the sheep had disappeared.
The dragon would finish up the enter¬
tainment by rearing (by kind permis¬
sion of the mayor and corporation),
and the local aurist would retire to a
villa in the country in less than a
twelvemonth.

Elijah and the dragon were very hap¬
py together and were simply coining
money when one fine morning, after a
successful performance in a little town
in the Black forest, Elijah woke up to
find that the dragon had disappeared.
He ran around the little town wringing
his hands, and the crier did the same
with a bell, but nobody had seen or
heard anything of the dragon. One of
tlie burgomasters bad missed bis wife,
but that was all. He behaved in a very
gentlemanly manner about it and made
no fuss, but even if be lmd claimed
damages there was nothing to connect
the dragon with the mishap. No ti¬
dings came from the country around.
The dragon had simply vanished.

Elijah was a very unhappy man. It
was not so much the loss of his in¬
come that troubled him, for by the help
of the dragon he had already made his
pile. It was the loss of his friend, his
constant comrade, his fireside compan¬
ion, so to speak, and all that made life
worth living to him. With the in-

The dragon had been trained to do a lot
of showy trichs.

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1T SB SU/JU.

tlohiiial)]e will of his eoffsfrynlen, he
set out on a search for his dragon, but
he went with a heavy heart, for sharp¬
er than its own teeth was the pang
that its desertion had paused him.

The dragon in the meantime, travel¬
ing by easy stages and picking up a
fair living by the way, had arrived at
the kingdom of Dummeleutia and set
up a house in a convenient swamp
a few miles from the royal city of
Putzenheim. Its presence in the neigh¬
borhood soon began to he felt, and the
land in the vicinity of the swamp de¬
preciated rapidly in the real estate
quotations. The dragon, freed from
its civilizing intercourse with Elijah,
reverted to the habits of its ancestors
and mopped up the surplus population
of the kingdom of Dummeleutia with
surprising celerity. It had entirely
lost the popularity which it had gain¬
ed under the wise control of its master
and was now looked upon as some¬
thing little better than an embarrass¬
ment. As a freak in a museum it bad
been a decided success; as a fatal in¬
disposition and a cemetery rolled into
one it overdid the business.

When it had been settled near Put-
zenheim for a week the inhabitants of
the city were publicly warned against
going near the swamp. When it had
been there a fortnight they were en¬
couraged to do so, for the dragon, be¬
coming lonely through the lack of so¬
ciety, made an expedition and saved
one or two worthy citizens the expense
of a funeral. After a month’s expe¬
rience of its healthy appetite matters
became serious, and the standing army
of Dummeleutia was sent out to en¬
gage the monster. It marched away
from Putzenheim one summer’s morn¬
ing, banners flying and trumpets brav¬
ing, and by dint of forced marches ar¬
rived at the swamp about tea time.
The dragon was delighted. It had
been left so much to itself that it was
quite down in the mouth. By nightfall
half the brave and gallant army of
Dummeleutia were similarly situated
and tlie other six had returned to Put¬
zenheim to resign their commissions.
Then the king took counsel of his ad¬
visers and issued the following procla¬
mation:

Wanted.—A St. George to slay the
dragon. Reward as usual—daughter’s
hand and half kingdom.

FERDINAND R.

The neighboring kingdoms were
throw'll into great excitement by this
proclamation, which was spread far
and wide. Princes by the score came
thronging into the royal city of Put¬
zenheim and were entertained night
after night with costly banquets by the
king. But by the end of the month
the palace had settled down again to
its usual state of weak teas and board
wages. Some of the princes had seen
the dragon; others had seen the prin¬
cess. In either case the result was the
same. Not one of them had got any
further than a nodding acquaintance
with the redoubtable beast. All of
them had lost interest in its habits
after that and had either run away or
tried to. The princes had failed.

Then came the turn of the cranks.
They didn’t want royal banquets and
were not so expensive to entertain in
other ways. One said he was a ma*
gician and could exorcise the dragon.
No one knew quite what he meant, but
it was generally agreed afterward that
the dragon had done most of the exor¬
cising. Another said he could charm
it out of the kingdom by his flute play¬
ing. He might have succeeded with
the dragon, but as he insisted on prac¬
ticing beforehand the inhabitants saved
him the trouble of trying and deprived
the brute of a meal at the same time.

The enterprising vender of a patent
rat poison then tried his hand. He.
waived his claim to the princess, hav¬
ing a wife on hand already, but said
I-., mild makeungt of th£ other part of

the reward. He was willing to supply
the goods required gratis as an adver¬
tisement. He sent one of his travelers
to start operations with a hundred tins.
The traveler saturated a sheep and
left It near the dragon’s home in the
swamp. The dragon had been a trifle
indisposed for a few days, but man¬
aged to make way with the* sheep. The
poison seemed to revive it, much to
the chagrin of the traveler, and it be¬
calm* more of a nuisance than before.
The traveler wired to headquarters for
a thousand tins and dressed an ox with
the condiment. The dragon swallowed
the spiced beef with avidity and found
out who was responsible for the treat,
the traveler having waited to see the
effect of the dose. An advertisement
was put in the papers by the firm for
a pushing agent to take the traveler’s
place, and the cost of the eleven hun¬
dred tins with a small pension for the
widow was written off the books. Tim
cranks had failed.

Another meeting of the council was
called. ‘AYe can’t go on like this,”
said the lord chamberlain. “Half the
army is gone, and the factories are be¬
ing closed. Your majesty must act.
and act promptly.”

"VYe have acted,” said the king, “and
nothing has come of it. We have of¬
fered a very large reward—our daugh¬
ter and half of our kingdom. We have
done all we can.” The king always
spoke of himself in the plural. He cou-
c .sideml that he owed it to his position.

“There is one thing that is always
done m these cases and that has not
been done,” said the lord chamberlain.

“What is it?” asked the king.

“The princess must he sacrificed.”

The king grew thoughtful. “Do you
really think so?” he asked.

"It is the only course left to us.”

“It doesn’t seem a bad idea,” said
the king. “But we are not quite sure
how her royal highness might take it.”

“Your majesty can command.”

“Yes; there is that. We can com¬
mand—of course. We say, Splosch-
stein, just come here a minute. You’ll
break it to her, won’t you?”

“Well, your majesty, it would come
better from you, I think.”

“Oh, Splosclistein, just think of a fa¬
ther's feelings!”

“If the worst came to the worst, we
could mobilize the army to take her
along, couldn’t we?”

“Do you think there is enough of it
left?”

“What—six brawny men, the gallant
army of Dummeleutia, not enough to
take one old”—

“We beg your pardon?”

“I mean one simple maiden a couple
of miles?”

“Well, we should think it might do
perhaps. You arrange it all, Sploscli-
stein, just as you think best. We must
he off now. We’ve just to go round the
corner to see a man about a dog. Good-
by.”

The 16rd chamberlain pulled himself
together and went to see the princess.
She tumbled to the idea directly, much
to his relief. She liked the idea of the
white robe and tlie flowers and the
weeping maidens and being allowed to
choose what she liked fou breakfast.
She was a sentimental woman and had
little doubt that a St. George would
turn up in the nick of time to save her
front the dragon and marry her after¬
ward. They had no trouble with her
at all. The king objected at iirst to
having to fall on her neck before leav¬
ing her to the dragon—he wanted tlie
whole thing over as quickly as possible
—hut it was pointed out to him that if
he didn’t do his part he would spoil
tlie whole performance, so he consent¬
ed.

The ceremony went off very well.
The stage manager of the Royal Opera
House arranged the details and was
congratulated on his success by the

whole or the press. They got together
a dozen virgins to strew flowers in the
way, and the station master’s little
daughter offered the princess a mag¬
nificent bouquet of choice hothouse
blooms. There was u band, bill the less
said about that the better. Tlie prin¬
cess enjoyed herself thoroughly. She
was more popular than she had ever
been in her life. The whole population
of Putzenheim turned out 1o see the
last of her, but the concourse thinned
off a bit us they neared the swamp.
However, nothing was seen of tlie
dragom

The proceedings were a little hurried
when they reached the margin of the
swamp, but the princess was duly
chained to a tree—she would have pre¬
ferred a rock if there had been one—
and then tlie king tucked in his robes
and scuttled back to his royal city .as
fast as his legs could carry him, fol¬
lowed by the lord chamberlain and the
rest of the cast.

The king reached the palace first and
went in by tlie hack door, as his feet
were rather muddy. As he passed

The princess was duly chained to a tree.

through the kitchen the servant told
him that a man was waiting to see him
in the passage by the umbrella stand.

“What is his name?” asked the king.

The servant wiped her hand on her
apron and produced a card. On it was
printed “St. George.”

“He lias come,” said the king. “We
knew lie would. Show him into the
best parlor and light the stove.”

The king went upstairs to change liis
boots and then went down into the par
lor to receive his honored guest.

“St. George, we believe,” lie said po¬
litely as he entered the room.

“That’s right,” said the stranger. lie
was a tall, thin man, with a goatee
heard. He was dressed in a suit of
broadcloth and had deposited a stove¬
pipe hat on the table beside him.

“You have called, we believe, about
that little matter of tlie dragon.”

“I guess you’ve about figured it out
correct.”

“You are prepared to rid our king¬
dom of this pestilent monster?”

“I am prepared to do it right now,
terms being satisfactory.”

“Do we understand that you insist on
the reward?”

“You bet!”

“I thought perhaps, being in that line

of business”—

“Won’t do, Ferdy. Where’s the gal?”

“Well, unfortunately, we nave just

led her out to die, but”—

“You have, have you? That’s mighty
siu kward for her. What’s the poor girl
been doing?”

“She hasn’t, been doing anything.
She’s a sacrifice for the dragon. We
thought perhaps if we gave her up it
might be satisfied and go home.”

“Well, I guess it won't be the dragon
that’s gone home. We shall see what’s
happened when I get there.”

“We should like to know when you
intend to get there.”

“Depends. Got a map of her face?”

“We have a photograph taken by a
traveling a»tist a month ago.”

“Bring it right here.”

The king left the room to comply
with the saint's request and returned
with the best that the itinerant photog¬
rapher had been able to do for the
princess.

The saint took it. A spasm of pain
passed across his face.

“So that’s the princess, is it? Well, I
guess old fire bellows can wait until
tomorrow. Now, what about the king¬
dom? Got the books handy?”

“The accountant general has them,”
said the king. “He will be happy to
show them to you, we have no doubt.
You will find them all right, we think.” >

“I guess I’ll just step round and see
the gentleman,” said St. George.
“There’s no hurry. If everything is
satisfactory I'll sail in and settle old
bloAvhard tomorrow and take over half
the concern then.”

The king had no objection. He di¬
rected the saint to the accountant gen¬
eral’s house. “Sauerkrautstrasse,” he
said—“the third house. It is called
Braeside.”

The saint put on his hat, and the
king let him out by the front door.

“Well.” be said when lie had scruti¬
nized the royal system of double entry,
“I guess there’s money in it. It ain’t
been worked proper. That’s going to
begin tomorrow. Wliat the firm wants
is push, and I’m the man to make
things hum.”

The next morning he unpacked a suit
of armor and put it on. The livery
stable supplied him with a charger at
half a crown the first hour and 2 shil¬
lings an hour after that. The populace
turned out to see him off, blit he de¬
clined all offers of company and rode
toward the swamp a 1 on0.

“I guess I’ll give tlie old beast some¬
thing for clearing out like that,” he
said to himself as he rode along. “But
lie’ll be pleased to see his old master
again. Kill him? Not quite. But I’ll
see that he doesn’t break out again.”

As lie neared tlie swamp he caught
sight of one solitary blasted tree. It
was tlie one to which the princess had
been tied. Of her there was no sign,
but at the foot of the tree was stretch¬
ed the glittering form of tlie dragon.

Elijah P. Jopp, for St. George was
no other than tlie intrepid American,
approached with a beating heart, call¬
ing out the many endearing names he
had given his pet during the time of
their companionship. The dragon slow¬
ly moved its scaly tail, but did not
bound toward him, as lie had expected.
Elijah’s heart sank, and, putting spurs
to his horse, he galloped up and dis¬
mounted at the foot of tlie tree. The
dragon turned a fast glazing eye upon
him and would have licked liis hand
if it had not been trained never to do
so. It was plain that it would not live
many minutes. Elijah threw himself.
on tlie ground in a passion of grief
and took its heavy head in his lap.

Over that last harrowing scene a veil
must be drawn. In a quarter of an
hour Elijah rose again and, wiping
away his tears, mounted liis horse and
rode slowly back to Putzenheim, leav¬
ing tlie dragon dead on tlie grass.

Tlie poor beast had eaten tlie prin¬
cess !

E'

THANKSGIVING

A S I T W A' A N D N O W A M

OPINIONS BY THE REALM AND OTHERS
AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES

That the pious pilgrims of Plymouth
rock were not without some sense of
humor is shown in this account of a
colonial Thanksgiving- church service
and dinner, written in the year 17:1 i
by the Rev. Lawrence Conant of the
Old South parish in Danvers, Mass.,:

‘‘Ye governor was in ye house ami
her majesty's commissioners of ye cus¬
toms, and they sat together in a high
seat of ye pulpit stairs. Ye governor
appears very devout and attentive, al¬
though he favors episcopacy. He was
dressed in a black velvet coat bordered
with gold lace, and buff breeches with
gold buckles at ye knees and white silk
stockings.

“There was a disturbance in ye gal¬
leries, where it was filled with divers
negroes, mulattoes and Indians, and
a negro called Tomp Shorter, belong¬
ing to Mr. Gardiner, was called forth
and put in ye broad aisle, where he
was reproved with great carefulness
and solemnity.

“He was put in ye deacons' seat, be¬
tween two deacons, in view ot' ye
whole congregation, but ye sexton was
ordered by Mr. Prescott to take him
out because of his levity and strange
contortion of countenance, giving
grave scandal to ye grave deacons, and
put him in ye lobby under ye stairs.

“When ye services at ye meeting¬
house were ended ye council and other
dignitaries were entertained at ye
house of Mr. Epes on ye hill near by,
and we had a bountiful Thanksgiving-
dinner, with bear’s meat and venison,
the last of which was a fine buck shot
in ye woods near by.

“After ye blessing was craved by
Mr. Garrick of Wren (ham word came
that ye buck was shot on ye Lord’s
day by Pequot, an Indian, who came
to Mr. Epes with a lye in his mouth,
like Ananias of old. Y"e council, there¬
fore, refused to eat ye venison, but it
was afterward decided that Pequot
should receive forty stripes save one
for lying- ami profaning ye Lord’s day,
restore Mr. Epes ye cost of ye deer,
and considering this a just and right¬
eous sentence on ye sinful heathen,
and that a blessing had been craved on
ye meat, ye council all partook of it
but Mr. Shepard, whose conscience
was tender on ye point of ye venison.”

Our American feast is observed in
the foreign legations at 'Washington by
customs peculiar to the mother coun¬
try, and the dishes known in the “fa¬
ther's house’’ are most in evidence,
even though the American fowl has its
place. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand pre¬
sides at the feast in the household of
the British embassy and gathers about
him a coterie of friends. Here the cus¬
tom of the country represented and the
one adopted bear a resemblance, and
the day is observed without a marked
change in their mode of living.

But in the legations of the Japanese,
the Korean and the South American
the conformity to American observ¬
ances, induced by the markets abound¬
ing in American foods, means a decid¬
ed change on the menu cards, and yet
with-but few exceptions the diplomats
and attaches make an effort to observe
the customs in our country.

The Chinese form an exception, for in
several iustancejL the^presiding geniqs

of the Chinese kitchen has refused to
become enthused into any flights of
gastronomical idealisms by Thanksgiv¬
ing or any other Christian feast. Yet
the spread made on that day is of t rue
Celestial magnificence. And when the
meal is over, with its varied dishes, the
Chinese minister and Ids close at¬
taches, no doubt, adjourn to the smok¬
ing room with their pipes and hop doi
and the feeling that “all the world is
China, and China is like heaven.”—Ina
Capitola Emery in Household.

The Arrival of the Pilgrim*.

Two hundred and eighty-four years
have passed since the faint line of the
Atlantic coast shimmered before the
straining eyes of the Puritan forefa¬
thers. It was on the 21st day of No¬
vember, in lt!20, the first: New England
Thanksgiving day, that the Mayflower,
with its little company of pilgrims—
there were 102—came to anchor at Cape
Cod. They had had a stormy voyage
of over nine weeks from the time they
sailed from Leyden, the “goodly &
pleasante citie, which had been ther
resting place near 12 years,” to seek
“from God a straight way for them¬
selves, for their little ones and for
all their substance,” and more than
once lmd the small and overburdened
vessel been threatened with shipwreck.

A Boy's Thanksgiving Menu.

No real Thanksgiving dinner would
be complete without pie; indeed, it is
said that a certain eight-year-old lad.
on being asked to write out what he
considered a good bill of fare, offered
this:

Furst Corse.

Mince Pie.

Sekond Corse.

Pumpkin Pie and Terkey.

Third Corse.

Lemon Pie. Terkey. Cranberries.

Fourth Corse.

Custard Pie. Apple Pie. Mince Pie.

Chocolate Cake. Ice Cream.

Plum Pudding.

Dessert.

Pie.

Onr Turkey Crop.

The turkey crop of the United States
finds its first important market at
Thanksgiving, when, according to a re¬
liable estimate, about fi,Odd,Odd of the
birds are sold. It is raised in small
lots all over the country, each farmer
contributing a few. This crop of <5,000,-
000 Thanksgiving turkeys, if all of
them were marching in single file,
would stretch from Boston to San
Francisco and as far as Denver on the
return journey.

A Survival of the tiny Fawkes Day
of Old Xhiglaitd.

Those who are not satisfied unless
everything is explained have puzzled
not a little over the growing custom of
celebrating Thanksgiving day by pa¬
rades of curiously clad boys and girls,
tooting horns and accosting passersby.

The theory most favored is that the
custom is a survival of the English an¬
nual rejoicings over Guy Fawkes day.
This is tiie explanation adopted by Pro¬
fessor Blunder Matthews and other
scholars.

Guy Fawkes lived in the last years
of the sixteenth century and gained
fame by being the best known member
of a conspiracy which, was formed to

blow up the houses of parliament by
firing nine barrels of gunpowder hid¬
den in the cellars. When the plot was
revealed by treachery the members of
the plotting group were, in the pleasant
manner of the day, hanged, drawn and
quartered, Fawkes being the last to
d i e.

Parliament then decreed that the 5th
of November should ever after be kept
as a day of thanksgiviug, because it
was on the nth that the powder was to
have been exploded.

It was the custom to build bonfires,
to ring bells, to toot horns and especial¬
ly to rig up a fantastic figure in gay
rags and hang It as an effigy of
Fawkes. Tin's was paraded through
the streets and consumed, after it had
been hung up and well pelted, in the
evening bonliro. In time the custom
was added of selecting a party of
young people to dress in ridiculous dis¬
guises t o personate Fawkes. Rook wood,
Winter and the other conspirators.

Fawkes day has almost died out of
observance in England, it is curious
that its customs should live in this
country by (lie mere accident that two
national holidays come at about the
same time.

But, after all, it isn’t necessary to
have things explained. The boys pa¬
rade on Thanksgiving day, as the girls
do so many tilings, just “because.”—
New York World.

The first national Thanksgiving day
was authorized by congress for Thurs¬
day, Pec. 1(5, 1777. in view of the sur¬
render of General Burgdyne. The
manner in which the day was observ¬
ed, aside from religious exercises, by
the army at Valley Forge is thus de¬
scribed by an officer of Washington’s
army:

“Last Wednesday was set apart as n
day of general rejoicing, when we had
a feu de joie, conducted with the
greatest order and regularity. The
army made a most brilliant appear¬
ance, after wlii^h bis excellency dined
in public with all the officers of the
army, attended by a band of music.
I never was present where there was
such unfeigned and perfect joy as
was discovered in every countenance.

“The entertainment was concluded
with a number of patriotic toasts at¬
tended with huzzas, When the gen¬
eral took his leave there was a uni¬
versal clap, with loud huzzas, which
cont inued till he had proceeded a quar¬
ter of a mile, during which time there
were a thousand hats tossed in the air.
H is excellency turned around with his
retinue and huzzaed several times.”

The TliHnkRgiring: Tahle.

If you cannot get autumn leaves or
flowers for the Thanksgiving table use
crape tissue paper. Cut out leaves and
spread on the table—maple leaves, oak
leaves or ivy leaves look the best
against the white tablecloth. The fruit
—apples and oranges—may be placed
in a dish lined with green tissue paper.
Deep yellow and orange paper doilies
under the white or blue and white chi¬
na add to the decorative effect.—New
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Mrs. .Timpson—Just see what mother
has sent us—a lovely big turkey for
our Thanksgiving dinner! It came by
express this morning.

Jimpson (joyfully)—Bless her heart!
That’s just like her!

Mrs. Jimpson—And she sent a note
saying she would be here to help us
eat It.

Jimpson (not quite so joyfully)—The
dickens! That’s just like her too!—
New York Times.

His Theory.

“Why is a turkey regarded as espe¬
cially appropriate to Thanksgiving?”

“Because,” answered the .grim look¬
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“I have a great respect for gray hair.”
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“But I hflve no respect,” said the hu¬
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And be tapped viciously on the tough
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An Up to Date Turkey.

Willie—This is an up to date turkey,

papa.

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N© Tabloid Birds.

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Washington’s “Journal of a Journey
Over the Mountains In 1747-48,” where
under date of March 29, 1748, may be
found this record: “This morning went
out and surveyed 500 acres of land and
went down to one Michael Stumps, on
the South Fork of the branch (of the
Potomac); on our way shot two wild
turkeys.”

The wild turkey is the largest and
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early Jesuit missionaries from Amer¬
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Portuguese ships, entering Europe
through Portugal. It was as yet un¬
named and was at first referred to by
writers of that period merely as the
“Jesuit bird.” As it became known the
demand for the stranger was supplied
chiefly from Turkey, where it thrived
exceedingly well, and in time it came
to be familiarly spoken of as “the tur¬
key.” It gradually became tame and,
proving to be quite prolific, was rec¬
ognized as a great addition to the lux¬
uries of the table.—Washington Star.

'I'll<- Thankful Heart.

If one should give me a dish of sand
and tell me there were particles of iron
in it I might look for them with my
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clumsy fingers and be unable to detect
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The unthankful heart, like my finger in
the sand, discovers no mercies, but let
the thankful heart sweep through the
day as the magnet finds the iron, so it
will find in every hour some heavenly
blessings, only the iron in God’s sand
is gold.—Oliver Wendell Holmes.

The Modest Carver.

“Henry, at our next little dinner we
won’t have any carving done on the

table.”

“Good! That’s where I generally do
It"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

PUT THE STRENGTH OF A GIANT INTO HIS SWING.

[Copyright, 1904, by T. C. McClure.]

A N hour before Mr. Bowser came
home to dinner the other even-
^ i ng an express wagon delivered
a scythe at his house. Mrs.
Bowser insisted that there must he
some mistake about it, but the express-
man was firm. He said he had been
delivering scythes and other things for
the last twenty years and had never
made a mistake. He couldn’t say what
Mr. Bowser wanted with a scythe, but
it would have been the same had the
consignment been a rhinoceros—he
would have left it at the basement door
and asked no questions.

“Was a scythe left here this after¬
noon?” asked Mr. Bowser as soon as
he entered the house.

‘Wes. But I thought there was some
mistake,” answered Mrs. Bowser, “If
you had ordered up a brickyard or a
sawmill, I shouldn’t have been sur¬
prised, but, unless you want to hang
the scythe in the hall as a relic of your
farmer days, I can’t see what you are
going to do with it.”

“It is easily explained. A doctor was
in the office this afternoon, and he no¬
ticed my condition and”—

“Your condition?”

“My condition, Mrs. Bowser. The
fact is everybody seems to have no¬
ticed it but you.”

“But have you got too fat and healthy
or what?”

“Too fat and healthy!” repeated Mr.
Bowser with undue energy and a
flushed face. “Woman, do you ridicule
me? For the last month I have been
losing five pounds of flesh per week,
and even strangers have noticed my
pallor. Why, only yesterday”—

“Well, a doctor was in the office,” she
interrupted.

“Yes, a doctor was in the office, ami
he told me that unless I made a change

of programme I wouldn't live to see
the summer out. I have got to have
exercise of a certain kind/’

"And so you are going to exercise
with the scythe?” queried Mrs. Bow¬
ser.

“I am. Swinging the scythe gives
a peculiar motion to the body, as you
may have taken notiae. The arms and
shoulders move one/way and the hips

another. I forget just what motion
he called it, but it’s the one to do me
good. You have seen men mow, of
course?”

“Oh, yes.”

“You have heard them utter a ‘ha!’
as they swept the scythe into the
grass. That expels the air from the
lungs and works on another set of
muscles. I’m not a man with over
much faith in doctors, hut from the
way this one talked I firmly believe
that a few exercises will make a new
man of me.”

“He charged a fee, of course?”

“Well—er—well, I handed him $5. His
advice may be worth $500 or $5,000.”

“And where will you mow?”

“In the vacant lot across the alley.”

Mrs. Bowser said no more. If Mr.
Bowser had come home to mow and
eliminate that feeling of goneness, then
nothing but an earthquake could halt
him. When lie left the table it was
to go upstairs and change to his farmer
suit, and when he came down to pick
up his scythe and go forth to the hay-
field his face was flushed and his eyes
danced. As he reached the back yard
to pass through the alley gate he stop¬
ped and applied the scythe stone and
set up a whistle, and as Mrs. Bowser
smiled he waved his hand and exclaim¬
ed:

“By George, but this is living, this
is! 1 haven’t made a cut yet, and still
I feel better than I have in a month.”

Mr. Bowser didn’t traverse the length
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without being observed, and he had
scarcely arrived at the hayfield when
Ac found a dozen boys, one old man
and one young man with a cockeye on
hand to see what was going to happen.
He suggested that they go about their
business, but no one moved.

“You see, it’s just this way,” re¬
plied the old man, “if you are to mow
then I wants to see you mow.”

“And what I wants,” added the cock¬
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the day I was kicked by a boss and
had my eye cocked lip.”

“And what do you expect to see here
to laugh at?” severely demanded Mr.
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The audience was being added to
every moment, and Mr. Bowser decod¬
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more propitious occasion. He certain¬
ly would have done so but for the re¬
marks passed. The old man observed
that some folks could mow with a
crowbar better than with a scythe,
and the cockeyed philosopher replied
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ger element also indulged in sage re¬
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himself ridiculed and bluffed at he
dropped off the fence amid the grass
and got ready to mow.

He had never handled a scythe in
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merry haymakers at work and saw
how easy it was to lay a swath. All
he had to do was to swing the scythe,
litter a “ha!” and swing again. Just
as he was about to make his first
stroke and had worked up a dignity of
pose to freeze the crowd a policeman
came down the alley *and stopped and
demanded:

“What’s this crowd doing around
here anyway?”

“Sir, a man is going to mow,” ex¬
plained the old man.

“Sir, sunthink is go in* to happen to
make us larf,” explained the cockeyed

man.

“What are you going to mow for?”
asked the officer of Mr. Bowser.

“The doctor has advised it.”

“Advised you to eat the grass after
it’s mowed?”

“Of course not. It’s the exercise I’m
after, and I would be much obliged if
yon would disperse this crowd.”

“I couldn’t do it, and if you don’t

know how to handle that scythe you’d
better stop right there. You don’t
look like a seytheist.”

“You never mind my looks. I’ve
come here to mow, and if there were
a thousand hoodlums looking on I'd go
through with it,”

“Then go ahead.”

Mr. Bowser went ahead. The feeling
of goneness disappeared, and he put the
strength of a giant into his swing. He
was about to utter the accompanying
“ha!” when—he didn’t. The point of
the scythe entered the ground a foot
or more, and the mower fell over his
feet and the snath and brought up on
the broad of his back. There were
shouts and yells and roars of laughter,
and the voice of the cockeye prophet
was heard saying:

“Didn’t I predict this? Didn’t I
say there would be sunthink here to
larf at?”

“Give it up, old man,” advised the
officer—“give it up and try a wheel¬
barrow.”

“Never!”

Mr. Bowser wriggled the scythe
loose and spat on his hands and drew
back for a sweep that should cover
fifty feet of growing grass. This time
he got out the “ha!” but it did not pre¬
vent a calamity. The point of the
scythe entered the ground again to
break off, and the momentum of the
effort lifted the mower off his feet and
shot him forward, and as he landed in
the grass his head struck an old paint
bucket, and the busy world was no
more to him.

When he again returned to the United
States of America and haymaking he
was lying on the lounge in the back
parlor, and Mrs. Bowser, the cook, the
cat, the doctor and the policeman were
hovering over him.

“Doctor, what has happened ?” asked
Mr. Bowser in a faint voice.

“You went out to mow.”

“And—and”—

“And made an ass of yourself, as

usual,”

“Will 1—will I live?”

“Oh, yes. Yes, you will live, but it
will be at least two weeks before you
can go to farming again, and then
you’ll probably go around on the arms
of a windmill by the advice of some
tomfool quack. Don't worry. Nothing-
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want to ask him any questions before

he goes to sleep?”

“Just one. I want to ask him if he
got that ‘ha!’ off all right and in its
right place.”

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“Fred, do come and see Cheepy. For
once I have found him quiet.” called

Ethel.

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"Thank you,” looked Cheepy’s bright
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Squirrels are such lively, active little
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"They are thrifty, too, aren't they,
storing up food for the winter?”

“And then think of the feasts they
have when they wake up from time to
time during their long naps,” said
Fred. “Perhaps Cheepy would invite
his relatives to dine with him.”

“Has he many relatives, Fred?”
asked Ethel.

“Oh, yes; his family is a large one,
and they are very sociable little folks,
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Not over one of each sold to one person

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14 “ Sweden

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5 o did, Australia

300 “ “

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200 different 10

20 different 02

15 “ Bulgaria 04

10 “ Canada 01

100 “ 93

100 ass’d Newt’dland 45
100 “ Bolivia 40

Specialty British North America. Send us your
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3 U. S. Army War stamps

1 U. S. Tel. 1S93, cat. 30c

10 Cuban Revenues, fine

3 Nicaragua, large

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Cuban revs. 10c. 11 U.S. 1902 I to 50c lor.

5 St. Louis 1 to 10c 12c. 20 Russia 10c.

Lists Free. We buy stamps. Buying list Toe.
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100 Mexico ir unused 35c. 100 Venezuela

5c gray 25c. 100 Corea 2r 1900 25c. 100

Corea 2r 1904 25c. 10 sets loCuba Revs 35c

too sets 2.00 10 Guatemala 1886 asst. cat. 8c
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loo, 19c. 10 blank approval books 15c. 100

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San Salvador cards 25c. All prepaid.

Fine collection of 100 varieties foreign cards,
all unused $2.60. Send for lists wholesale or
retail. The new catalogue out soon. Sent
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NEWS AND COMMENT.

HE 1905, or
edition of the
Standard Post¬
age Stamp Cata¬
logue will be
ready about De¬
cember 10th. In
its general make
up it. will correspond with its
predecessor, the principal
changes being the addition of
new issues and newly discovered
varieties and the rewriting of
several countries. Revenues
used for postage (except some of
Hong Kong, New Zealand and
Victoria) will be dropped from
the catalogue, just as foreign en¬
velopes were omitted a few years
ago, and post cards several years
previous to that.

The same publishers announce
the appearance of a new album
to be called the Modern Album,
which is to be bound in cloth and
retail for $1.00, postage extra.

Both publications will be
awaited with much interest, es¬
pecially the album, which is de¬
signed to meet the needs of the
average stamp collector who pre¬
fers to spend less for his album
and more for the stamps to fill it.

The curtailment of albums and
catalogues, which at first sight
seems to be a retrograde move¬
ment, is in reality the one hope of
the perpetuity of our pursuit. As
new issues multiply, the more dif¬
ficult it becomes to make a general
collection anywhere approaching
completeness, unless some means
are resorted to which shall confine
the pursuit within narrowerlimits.
It must be kept within certain
bounds or else the collector’s ef¬
forts will become useless. Fur¬
thermore as catalogues and albums
grow in size, it becomes necessary
for the publisher to raise the price,
and such advancements always
cause a falling off in the ranks of
collectors. Unless the album and
catalogue can be bought at a pop¬
ular twice, none but the ad¬
vanced collector will purchase
them, and the profit in publishing
the same will be lost.

What will be the next omis¬
sion from both catalogue and al¬
bum? The surcharged stamp,
without a doubt. Already the cry
has been raised against it. The
publishers of the Royal Stamp Al¬
bum issued a year ago this high
grade book for British Colonial
stamps only, and although it is an
album for the specialist in these
stamps, no spaces were provid¬
ed for surcharged issues. The

same publishers, elated over the
success of this album, have in con¬
templation the issuance of a
British Colonial catalogue of the
same standard, from which sur¬
charged stamps will be eliminated.

Mr. Castle, a noted philatelist,
in an able article in tlie London
Philatelist , says :

“We quite fail to see how, in the near future,
a collector can aquire or a dealer can supply
the innumerable varieties requisite for a gen¬
eral collection. It seems, therefore, that ul¬
timately the general collector will become
extinct, and this will create a grave detriment
to the future of philately.

“The question for solution, therefore, is,
‘What can we do to make future general col¬
lecting feasible?’ We cannot prevent gov¬
ernments from issuing at one fell swoop hun¬
dreds of surcharged varieties made purposely
by the score. As regards another point—the
multiplication of perforations—we can,
however, and should do something in order
to make easier the way of the general collec¬
tor. It seems to our minds that varieties of
perforations and surcharges should not be
catalogued or collected for and by the gener¬
alist.”

S ta n ely Gib bon' s Mo n th ly Jburn a l
a lso remarks:

“If collectors were to disregard surcharged
stamps altogether, we believe that Philately
would lose very little of its interest, and we
are sure that the floods of surcharged rubbish
which so frequently afflict us would entirely
cease.”

When such authorities as these
turn a cold shoulder to the sur¬
charged stamp and certain minor
varieties, we may look forward to
their disappearance from our cat¬
alogues and albums at no distant
date.

It will soon be time to call in the
St. Louis stamps and destroy all
remainders. Although about 80
million of the lc were printed,
4 million each of the 8c and JOc,
and 6 million of the 5c values, the
stamps are quite scarce and
dealers are paying high prices for
allthe above denom inations, except
the lc value, which is also bought*
by some dealers. One of our large
dealers expects to sell quantities
of these stamps the coming months
provided a sufficient supply can be
obtained, and advertises to buy
all of the above values to the num¬
ber of 20,000 of each kind. Of the
2c value, 191 million were printed,
and although this stamp is the
common value, it has not been
used to the extent of the 2c Col¬
umbus issue, and will be bought
in 100 lots by a few dealers. Al¬
though the above figures show
roundly the number of stamps
printed, it is not likely that all
will have been sold on the last
day, and probably not one per
cent, of those in circulation will
be preserved. It is apparent
therefore that the St. Louis
stamps will be the chief article of
speculation the next few months.

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’57, ic " .06. 10 gn 15 1898 15c olive. ... 2

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’62.2 blk.02. 5 brn 20 1879 15c orange . . 8

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The accoinpiinyiiig illustration, taken
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machinery needed in modern public
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The new sewerage system of the city
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This obstacle was overcome by de¬
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The concave sides of these plates
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Each valve was pivoted on a steel
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These gates were designed and made
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How Japanese Jin Jitsu Experts Ac¬
count For Their Vigor.

The unique progress of Japan and the
remarkable efficiency of its people in
everything they undertake suggest
some interesting questions as to the in¬
fluence of diet and personal hygiene on
national welfare. The British Medical
Journal says that the Japanese them¬
selves attribute their high average of
physical strength to a plain and frugal
diet and the system of gymnastics
called jin jitsu, which includes a
knowledge of anatomy and of the ex¬
ternal and internal uses of water.

Although during the period of their
asccnchmcy the samurai kept the secret

that their great physical superiority
was due in a great measure to the in¬
ternal and external use of water, the
belief that if used liberally and intel¬
ligently water is an infallible weapon
against disease is now generally held.
By those who go in for jin jitsu au
average of one gallon a day is drunk.
It is noteworthy that rheumatism is al¬
most unknown in Japan. It is proba¬
ble that the absence of meat from t lie
diet combined with the use of plenty
of water, accounts for this immunity.
Bathing is indulged in frequently, even
by the poorest.

In the matter of diet they are frugal
to a degree, rice being the staple food
in every Japanese house and appearing
at every meal. Japanese troops have
often made record marches on a diet
consisting solely of a little rice. The
Japanese appreciate above all things
the value of fresh air. Night and day
they keep their windows open and
their rooms ventilated, and they do
not fear drafts or damp air. Breath¬
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their physical training—dee]), careful
breathing, which is only acquired by
practice.

Pneumatic Street Cleaner.

A Michigan man has invented a
pneumatic street cleaning machine de¬
void of any brush or broom appliance.
When the cleaner is drawn over the
surface it draws up the dust and dirt
by means of an exhaust which takes
the place of brushes and brooms. The
device draws the dust and dirt into a
repository, where it is hold until
dumped into a cart, and so the dirt is
not allowed to stand in unsightly piles
around the streets waiting to he haul¬
ed away by wagons. The inventor
claims that his machine will clean a
street so thoroughly lhat it will not
need sprinkling, but the surface to he
operated on must not be damp.

New Use For X Rays.

A writer in Electricity says it has
been discovered that the aging of a
violin can be artificially secured by ex*
posing t he wood to Roentgen rays. The
beautiful tone which has heretofore
resulted from a natural aging of the
wood for fifty or sixty years can thus
he obtained iu a single day. If this be
true, Stradivarius violins will be no
longer at a premium, except in so far
as perfection of manufacture is con¬
cerned, though it is probable that, as in
most other processes, the natural aging
will yield the better tone.

X Rays From Uie Unman Body.

According to recent advices from
Paris, Blondlot N rays have been prov¬
ed by Professor Charpentier of Nancy
to emanate from the human body and
more especially from the muscles. ' To
show this the professor suggests a lit¬
tle experiment which can be tried by
any one. It is only necessary to take
a piece of black paper, part of which
has been covered with phosphorescent
sulphur, and place it against a muscle
in a dark room. The phosphorescence
will at once be seen to increase, and
the tenser the muscle the greater will
be the effect of the N rays. The same
effect can be caused with any tense
body, such as a bent bow, but vvliat
the nature of the rays or emanations
is the professor has not yet been able
to determine.

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the establishment
of the government
post office is one of great interest
>nd value.

Worth Over 50 Cents

Price £ ? e 8 & 10 Cents

Packet W contains 18 differ¬
ent U. 8. Revenues, 1895
to 1902, t he famous Span-

S ish War issues, including
several of the dollar de-
nominat ions.

Special Bargain Price

Only 20 c, Postfree

Packet X contains 50 different
United States postage stamps, all
issues, a very good lot, including
1895 50c orange, Postal Service,
etc.

Post free, only 35c

Packet Y contains 100 differ¬
ent fine stamps from Euiope,such
•is Malta, Monaco, Greece, old
Austria, Roman States, etc.

<!X Postfree, only 60c

N

OT only philatelists, but collectors of
all kinds of souvenirs will find an
entire Japanese envelope, covered

over on both sides with Japanese _

characters and postmarks, and the queer en- --—

velope stamp at the end, instead of in the cor- jR'i. 2^ A-

ner, a great curiosity. The shape is that of a *
glove envelope and the w riting runs from top
to bottom. This entire envelope, postp’d, ioc

25 different
Postage

Contains

Australian
S tamps

Approval Sheet Return Blanks <E R includes

r a s m a n i a

S OME kind of a blank is now used by
practically all the large dealers who
send stamps on approval to agents.

Our “Improved” blank is the great¬
est time-saver of them all. It is being used by
the largest Houses. The agent fills it out and
signs his name and address twice, once to be
filed away with the report, the second address
to be glued to the envelope containing the next
lot of stamps. This saves the dealer the bother
of addressing the envelope when in a rush, and
all possible error is avoided. All remark:,
are made on the blank and no time is lost read¬
ing long letters. Both agents and dealers are
well pleased with the Improved Report Blank.

5 O Blanks, post free, lOc; 100 for 18c.

ijoo forSoc. iooo with dealer's name and address
printed on same, $1.50, all post free. Less_than
1000 have blank fof rubber stamp as address is not

printed or t less (ban ioqo. Ask forth# JtnprOVecj

(Jubilee)
Victoria 1881
Ip green,
worth 10 cts,
and other tine
stamps. Actually

BARGAIN PRICE

Packet ZB contains

60 different unused
stamps, including Mon¬
tenegro, Liberia, New
Foundland, Shanghai,

Packet Z contains 50 different
postage stamps from
Mexico only, includ¬
ing about all issues;
a grand collection ill
itself and very cheap
considering the qual¬
ity of the stamps
contained in this
superb packet. Rest free, 90c,

worth 50 cts.

iss > 7 Cts.

IMMENSE

CIRCULATION

GET YOUR COPY IN EARLY FOR THE

CHRISTMAS

REALM

Rates not increased—only 90c an inch, 45c \ inch
Write for contract rates for six consecutive issues
Will reach collectors in all states and the provinces

A. BULLARD & CO., 446 Tremont St,, Boston

FOR DEALERS ONLY,
1 9 0 5 EDITION

THE COLLECTORS’ OWN

. .. CATALOGUE . . .

Of the

STAMPS of All

•ft*

>•••

Most dealers and collectors are already familiar with this catalogue. For the benefit of
those who are not, we will say briefly that it contains over loo columns of prices, each
column containing about as much nutter as on one page of Scott’s catalogue. It weighs
a little under 2 ounces so that it can be mailed for one cent. It is profusely illustrated with
cuts of the various postal issues and gives prices, wherever possible, for used (and unused)
specimens of all the straight issues of adhesive postage stamps ( also U. S, revs, and envel’s)
regardless of minor variety due to watermark, shade, etc. Prices follow closely the prices
found in the standard American and European catalogues except in certain cases where low
priced stamps have been slightly raised to the value given them several years ago before the
disastrous drop in prices took place, no longer making it possible for dealers to offer agent’s
discounts on these stamps. The U. S. envelope section was written by one of the largest
U. S. envelope dealers in the world and the prices are as nearly correct as it is possible, in
our judgment, to make them.

It is safe to say that more copies of the last edition of this catalogue were sold within
a year than of all the other catalogues put together. With each wholesale lot of catalogues
we send a package of circulars describing the book. Dealers must ask io cents per copy and
no more or less during the year of issue. An attractive colored cover will be put on the
catalogue this year.

Wholesale Price List

These prices are low enough to allow any dealer a fancy profit on each catalogue

15 Copies post free . . . . . . $ .70

50 Copies, express to be paid by you . . 2,00

100 Copies, express to be paid by you . . 3.75

1000 Copies, express to be paid by you . . 30.00

mr When 100 or more copies are ordered at one time we print
your name and address in place of ours without extra charge

Prices strictly cash in advance.

Extra Circulars , iooo with your name and address, postfree 90 cts.

Per 100, post free, blank space at bottom for name and ad-
dress • « » • # « « q cts.

The catalogue contains no advertisements, consequently you lose
no trade through somebody’s advertisement in the book you are
selling.

A. BULLARD & CO., Publishers, 446 Tremont St., Boston

To A. Bullard & Co.

AGREEMENT

Date:

190

Gentlemen:

We agree to use copies of the 190 10c cata¬

logue, and remit for same at your advertised wholesale rate for
190 , on receipt of notice that catalogues are ready for shipment.

Respectfully:

etc.

Pont free, only SO c(s. \ rj^dy ABOUT DECEMBER 20 ‘TH